Boarding at Assumption College
Boarding has been alive and well at Assumption College Kilmore since it enrolled its first boarder in 1901.
Kilmore itself is just on the north side of the Great Divide, about an hour’s comfortable drive from Melbourne. It is an historic township as it was the first over-night stop for Melbourne people travelling to Sydney or to the Bendigo Goldfields. Nowadays it is readily accessible to visitors from the north, north-west and north-east parts of Victoria, and from the Riverina. Consequently Kilmore is an ideal location for a boarding college. Assumption College has always had a strong component of boarders from the country areas of Victoria and from parts of NSW and Tasmania. This situation still prevails today and thus Assumption has an essentially country flavour.
Currently our boarding facilities provide a home away from home for up to 125 boys and girls from Year 7 – 12, with two girls’ dormitories and three boys’ dormitories in operation. The boarding experience is marked by a strong family spirit and we endeavour to provide quality care, support, discipline, and a structured environment that allows your son or daughter to achieve his/her full potential.
Boarding at Assumption College offers students opportunities to develop in many areas. Supervised study is a great attraction to prospective parents and boarders. The lack of distraction and the access to resources provide a study environment that both challenges and supports your child academically. The boarders actively participate in the College’s sporting teams, and in other co-curricular activities such as music, drama, and debating. This provides a balanced school experience that is enhanced by the richness of belonging to a boarding community.
We see the boarding experience as a partnership between boarding staff, parents and students. We believe and recognise that young people of secondary school age are at a significant stage of their spiritual, personal, and academic development, and as a result we provide an environment that nurtures these components of healthy living.
See for yourselves: visit us and talk to the boarders and staff that make Boarding at ACK a home away from home. After all, the young people that are experiencing boarding at ACK, and those that have gone before, are our best ambassadors.
Kilmore itself is just on the north side of the Great Divide, about an hour’s comfortable drive from Melbourne. It is an historic township as it was the first over-night stop for Melbourne people travelling to Sydney or to the Bendigo Goldfields. Nowadays it is readily accessible to visitors from the north, north-west and north-east parts of Victoria, and from the Riverina. Consequently Kilmore is an ideal location for a boarding college. Assumption College has always had a strong component of boarders from the country areas of Victoria and from parts of NSW and Tasmania. This situation still prevails today and thus Assumption has an essentially country flavour.
Currently our boarding facilities provide a home away from home for up to 125 boys and girls from Year 7 – 12, with two girls’ dormitories and three boys’ dormitories in operation. The boarding experience is marked by a strong family spirit and we endeavour to provide quality care, support, discipline, and a structured environment that allows your son or daughter to achieve his/her full potential.
Boarding at Assumption College offers students opportunities to develop in many areas. Supervised study is a great attraction to prospective parents and boarders. The lack of distraction and the access to resources provide a study environment that both challenges and supports your child academically. The boarders actively participate in the College’s sporting teams, and in other co-curricular activities such as music, drama, and debating. This provides a balanced school experience that is enhanced by the richness of belonging to a boarding community.
We see the boarding experience as a partnership between boarding staff, parents and students. We believe and recognise that young people of secondary school age are at a significant stage of their spiritual, personal, and academic development, and as a result we provide an environment that nurtures these components of healthy living.
See for yourselves: visit us and talk to the boarders and staff that make Boarding at ACK a home away from home. After all, the young people that are experiencing boarding at ACK, and those that have gone before, are our best ambassadors.